Yannick Sagbo has no right of appeal against his upgraded punishment (Picture: AFP)/Getty)

Hull City striker Yannick Sagbo has been given a two-match ban for his tweet of support for West Brom striker Nicolas Anelka over his quenelle gesture.

Anelka was given a five-game ban and fined £80,000 by the Football Association for his behaviour after scoring in last December’s win at West Ham.

Nicolas Anelka made the controversial gesture after scoring against West Ham (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

The quenelle is described as an inverted Nazi salute, and has been made popular in France by controversial comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, who has been banned from entry to the UK for his anti-Semitic comments.

French-born Ivory Coast international Sagbo was initially fined £15,000 and told to undertake an educational course after his comments supporting Anelka, but the FA challenged his punishment as too lenient. It has now been upgraded to a ban, with no right of appeal.

Anelka had his West Brom contract terminated in March in the aftermath of the incident.